popular  rarely used kanji form  obsolete kanji  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic) 

• kana, Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)

gairaigo  Portuguese origin  popular  ateji  rarely used kanji form  search-only kanji form  JLPT N2  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• karuta, traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta

popular  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic)  mathematics 

• combination, assortment, set
• matching (in a contest), pairing
• combination

popular  rarely used kana form  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic)  adverb 

• in three days' time, two days after tomorrow

popular  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic) 

• matter of taste

popular  ateji  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix) 

• dwelling, house, residence, address
• living, life

popular  search-only kana form  JLPT N2  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• impudent, shameless, brazen, forward, audacious, cheeky

popular  ateji  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N2  usually written using kana alone  adverb  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• with trouble, at great pains
• rare, valuable, precious, long-awaited
• kind, generous
• specially, especially, expressly

popular  ateji  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N2  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• abacus, soroban
• calculation (esp. of profit and loss), reckoning

popular  JLPT N2  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb  Kansai-ben  Internet slang  intransitive verb 

• to cook (grains, e.g. rice)
• to boil, to simmer, to stew, to seethe
• to get angry, to snap